ECOLOGY

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• TEV-EKO: A people’s struggle for self-defense is taking on a new form 

  TEV-EKO called the PKK congress a turning point and said the people’s self-defense struggle is entering a new phase.
• Entry banned to 13 areas in Şırnak as deforestation continues 

  While tree felling in forested areas in Şırnak continues to cause outrage, the governor's office has banned entry to 13 areas, including the Gabar and Cudi mountains.
• Yanlıç: We are just as opposed to solar plant projects as we are to dams 

  Environmentalist Güner Yanlıç said that they are "just as opposed to solar plant projects as we are to dams."
• Yanlıç: The state enters places in Kurdistan through capital 

  Environmentalist and writer Güner Yanlıç said that in Kurdistan, areas the state could not previously enter are now being accessed through capital investment.
• Amed Bar Association files criminal complaint over fake photos in Solar Power Plant project report 

  The Amed Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against those who used fake photos not belonging to the project site in the Solar Power Plant project in Cixsê neighborhood.
• Pastures under threat because of fraudulent environmental report 

  Villagers in Kulp protested a solar power plant project approved thanks to a fraudulent environmental report.
• Protest against plans to build a solar power plant in Kulp, Amed 

  In Amed’s Kulp district, protests are mounting against plans to build a solar power plant on communal grazing land. Local residents accuse the construction company of obtaining a permit by means of a manipulated environmental report.
• Village guards cut dow trees in Şırnak countryside under the supervision of the Turkish army 

  Under military supervision, village guards are systematically cutting down trees in the province of Şırnak, destroying not only the environment but also the livelihoods of the local people.
• Road built on Hasandin mountain for military post and mining work 

  A road is being built on Hasandin mountain for a military outpost, but villagers say it is also being used for mining activities and is causing environmental damage.
• The state plunders nature to build a military base in Hesandin amid protests by local people 

  The people in Hesandin region, who fought against mining activities last year, are now fighting against the construction of a military base.
• Ecology Association plants saplings in Sur  

  The Ecology Association planted saplings in Sur together with ecologists coming from France.
• Activists oppose cyanide mine: We will not allow this plunder 

  Activists protested Cengiz Holding’s cyanide-based gold mine, vowing not to give up even a single tree.
• Mesopotamia Ecology Movement: We will work for social peace 

  The Mesopotamia Ecology Movement issued a written statement regarding Abdullah Öcalan’s call.
• Irmez: Gabar Mountain is being devastated 

  A large-scale environmental destruction in Gabar Mountain continues under the pretext of oil extraction. DEM Party MP Irmez said that the oil extracted from Gabar meets only one percent of Turkey’s total energy needs, but the environmental cost is huge.
• Inan: The Turkish state aims to depopulate Kurdistan by destroying nature 

  Amed Bar Association’s Head of the Urban and Environmental Commission, Ahmet Inan, said that mining activities are being used as a means to depopulate Kurdistan and added that silence in the face of this destruction is not an option.
• TEV-EKO calls for action for Tishrin: The purposeful destruction of ecological resources is a crime 

  “The purposeful destruction of ecological resources is a crime against humanity. These attacks constitute war crimes. By destroying resources, the right to existence of generations yet to come is being taken away,” said TEV-EKO.
• Two-day ecology workshop in Freiburg ends 

  A two-day ecology workshop by the Kurdish European Association KCDK-E took place in Freiburg over the weekend. The working meeting discussed how and according to which principles the fight against ecocide can be organized.
• KCDK-E to hold its first ecology workshop in Freiburg 

  KCDK-E is organizing its first ecology workshop today and tomorrow, 22 December, in Freiburg.
• Ecocide in southern Kurdistan 

  The destruction of nature in Kurdistan by the Turkish state is part of a concept of annihilation in its special form of warfare. The war strategy tested in northern Kurdistan is also being systematically implemented in the south.
• Turkey plunders nature in Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its invasion attacks against the Medya Defense Areas, is also plundering the nature of Kurdistan. One of the places where hundreds of trees were burned and uprooted as a result of the bombardments is the Sergelê area.
• ÖHD Amed Ecology Commission condemns ecocide in Cudi and Gabar Mountains 

  The ÖHD Amed Ecology Commission condemned the ecocide in Cudi and Gabar.
• Ecology Board: Turkish attacks have caused great damage to the ecology in North-East Syria 

  Cizîr Canton Ecology Board stated that the attacks by the occupying Turkish state has caused great damage to the ecology in North-East Syria, calling on the international community to take action against this ecological destruction.
• Internal Security Forces' checkpoints get green 

  In the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria, the Asayîş checkpoints are becoming more colorful. The Ecology Committee of the Democratic Autonomous Administration has decided to green the checkpoints.
• Turkish state destroys forests in Şırnak countryside 

  The Turkish state destroys forests in the countryside of Şırnak province.
• Mining company in Dicle is destroying life and nature 

  Residents of Pirajman neighbourhood in Amed’s Dicle district, who documented the pollution caused by mining with the videos they shot, called on people to ‘stop the killers of nature’.